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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from centimeters to kilometers is 1.0E-5, which means that 1 centimeter is equal to 1.0E-5 kilometers:

1 cm = 1.0E-5 km

To convert 508 centimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 508 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from centimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 cm → 1.0E-5 km

508 cm → L(km)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:

L(km) = 508 cm × 1.0E-5 km

L(km) = 0.00508 km

The final result is:

508 cm → 0.00508 km

We conclude that 508 centimeters is equivalent to 0.00508 kilometers:

508 centimeters = 0.00508 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 196.85039370079 × 508 centimeters.

Another way is saying that 508 centimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 196.85039370079 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred eight centimeters is approximately zero point zero zero five kilometers:

508 cm ≅ 0.005 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred ninety-six point eight five times five hundred eight centimeters.

Conversion table

centimeters to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from centimeters to kilometers

centimeters (cm) kilometers (km)
509 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
510 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
511 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
512 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
513 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
514 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
515 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
516 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
517 centimeters 0.005 kilometers
518 centimeters 0.005 kilometers